Jason Brown or Bart Scott won’t make it to free agency

The Dolphins aren’t going to get a shot at one of the players who has their attention as free agency approaches.

Either Ravens center Jason Brown or linebacker Bart Scott will be re-signed before free agency begins at midnight Thursday, their agent, Harold Lewis, told The Baltimore Sun in today’s editions.

The Dolphins are interested in both and inquired about them last week in Indianapolis at the NFL scouting combine, an NFL source said.

Brown would fill a huge need because the Dolphins staff has concluded Samson Satele is not the answer at center and Scott would upgrade the linebacker position which will have a hole to fill if Channing Crowder becomes a free agent, as expected.

Lewis, whose Missouri-based firm, National Sports Agency, represents both Brown and Scott, told The Sun, “My gut feeling is one of the two is going to hit free agency and the other one will probably sign.”

Scott, 28 and one of the top defense’s second-leading tackler four years running, seems to be the Ravens priority because Ray Lewis is asking for a huge contract to close out a Hall of Fame career.

Brown, 25 and a 45-game starter in four seasons, is going to command a higher price than the Ravens likely are to pay a center, an NFL source said last week.

At 6-foot-3, 320 pounds, Brown will draw quite a bit of interest, including the Dolphins. Coach Tony Sparano and his staff want a bigger, more physical player than Satele (6-3, 300) who is expected to move to guard while Andy Alleman moves back to center from guard.